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If you are unable to attend an appointment with one of the doctors or nurses, please telephone to cancel your appointment.

Out of Hours

Monday through Thursday between 6.30 pm and 8.00 am the following day and between 6.30 pm on Friday and 8.00 am the following Monday, ring NHS 111

Home Visits

Home visits are for the totally housebound or very seriously ill. Please telephone before 10.30am and be prepared to give the receptionist some indication of the nature and urgency of the problem. The doctor will usually wish to speak to you before arranging to visit.

Please remember that several patients can be seen in the practice in the time that it takes to make one home visit. There are also better facilities for examining and treating patients at the Health Centre

New Patient Registration

We welcome you to register with the practice if you live in one of the villages listed below. If you wish to do so, please contact the receptionist at either of the surgeries who will take you through what needs to be done to register with the practice.

2) Something official with your address on, a recent bill (less than 6 months old) a tenancy agreement, mortgage statement or a solicitors letter on officially headed paper are acceptable forms of address identification. However a Mobile Phone Bill is not accepted.

Non-English Speakers

These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. It covers issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups.

The NHS in England is introducing the Summary Care Record, which will be used in emergency care.

The record will contain information about any medicines you are taking, allergies you suffer from and any bad reactions to medicines you have had to ensure those caring for you have enough information to treat you safely.

Your Summary Care Record will be available to authorised healthcare staff providing your care anywhere in England, but they will ask your permission before they look at it. This means that if you have an accident or become ill, healthcare staff treating you will have immediate access to important information about your health.

Your GP practice is supporting Summary Care Records and as a patient you have a choice:

• Yes

I would like a Summary Care Record— you do not need to do anything and a Summary Care Record will be created for you.

• No I donot want a Summary Care Record— enclosed is an opt out form. Pleasecomplete the form and hand It to a member of the GP practice staff.

If you need more time to make your choice you should let your GP Practice know. For more information talk to your GP practice staff, visit the local website www.northamptonshire@nhs.uk/scr

or www.nhscarerecords.nhs.ukor telephone the dedicated NHS Summary Care Record Information Line on 0300 123 3020.

Additional copies of the opt out form can be collected from the GP practice or printed from the website

Please return the completed opt out form should you wish not to have a summary care record created.

www.nhscarerecords.nhs.uk orrequested from the dedicated NHS Summary Care Record Information Line on 0300 123 3020.

You can choose not to have a Summary Care Record and you can change your mind at any time by informing your GP practice.

If you do nothing we will assume that you are happy with these changes and create a Summary Care Record for you. Children under 16 will automatically have a Summary Care Record created for them unless their parent or guardian chooses to opt them out. If you are the parent or guardian of a child under 16 and feel that they are old enough to understand, then you should make this information available to them.